With voting underway for the Nov. 3 election, St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch and former Gov. Charlie Crist made their final appeals to voters during a debate Tuesday night.
Why it matters: The future of Tropicana Field, water and sewer infrastructure issues laid bare by the 2024 hurricanes, and an upcoming DEI ban were on the list of issues hashed out during the hourlong program, hosted by Spectrum Bay News 9.
- The candidates weren’t given questions in advance or allowed to read from prepared materials.
Here are three takeaways from the debate, moderated by anchor Holly Gregory:
A telling exchange
The debate was largely tame, but one tense exchange during the last question illustrated the stakes of the race…